by May R. Berenbaum (Author)
Throughout the Middle Ages, enormously popular bestiaries presented people with descriptions of rare and unusual animals, typically paired with a moral or religious lesson. This compendium of tales offers an alphabetical tour of modern myths that illuminates aerodynamically unsound bees, ear-boring earwigs, and libido-enhancing Spanish flies.
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 174
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published:
ISBN 10: 0674035402
ISBN 13: 9780674035409